Year’s Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013

Discover the best young adult short fiction of the year originally published in the anthologies dedicated to the form, the occasional special edition of a magazine, and individual pieces appearing in otherwise adult anthologies and magazines, and brought together here in one accessible collection.

Julia Rios and Alisa Krasnostein, the award winning editors of “Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Fiction and Fantasy Stories” have collected twenty-one of the best young adult speculative fiction short stories of 2013.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Selkie Stories Are For Losers – Sofia Samatar By Bone-Light – Juliet Marillier The Myriad Dangers – Lavie Tidhar Carpet – Nnedi Okorafor I Gave You My Love by the Light of the Moon – Sarah Rees Brennan 57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides – Sam J. Miller The Minotaur Girls – Tansy Rayner Roberts Not With You, But With You – Miri Kim Ghost Town – Malinda Lo December – Neil Gaiman An Echo in the Shell – Beth Cato Dan’s Dreams – Eliza Victoria As Large As Alone – Alena McNamara Random Play All and the League of Awesome – Shane Halbach Mah Song – Joanne Anderton What We Ourselves Are Not – Leah Cypess The City of Chrysanthemum – Ken Liu Megumi’s Quest – Joyce Chng Persimmon, Teeth, and Boys – Steve Berman Flight – Angela Slatter We Have Always Lived on Mars – Cecil Castellucci

PRAISE FOR KALEIDOSCOPE

“This anthology is perfect for teens who are interested in science fiction and fantasy – but who don’t want stories about white, straight, able-bodied rich kids and their vampire problems.” – NPR